Browsing the archives for the So You Think You Can Dance tag

28 Days of Dance: Day 18 – Top 8 Group Paso Doble from SYTYCD Canada

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Group Paso Dobles are always exciting and this one from So You Think You Can Dance Canada is amazing. So much sharp, powerful dancing here courtesy of choreographer Jean-Marc Généreux, who can be relied on for always great dances.

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28 Days of Dance: Day 17 – Jeanine & Brandon Paso Doble from SYTYCD (2010)

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The paso doble is one of my favorite dance styles. In Spanish the literal translation is “double step” and in the world of ballroom it’s the dance of the bullfighter. Typically the man is the matador and the woman is the bull. The dance is precise, fierce and often full of passion. We’re going to [...]

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28 Days of Dance: Day 16 – Jakob & Ashleigh from SYTYCD (2010)

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Sometimes dancing with a prop can get you in trouble, but Jakob & Ashleigh in So You Think You Can Dance’s sixth season made it look easy in this jazz number set to Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax.”

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28 Days of Dance: Day 14 – Rhys and Jemma Waltz from SYTCD Australia (2008)

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Happy Valentine’s Day! One of the most romantic dances out there is the waltz and for Valentine’s Day I wanted to find a waltz I’d never seen before to sweep me away. Here’s a groegous one from the Australia version of So You Think You Can Dance. Enjoy!

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So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Auditions Hit NYC

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It was a rainy, windy morning in New York City, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the hundreds of dancers that turned up this morning for the first of two days of auditions for season seven of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance. Being the SYTYCD geek that I am, I was compelled [...]

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Friday Geek Out: Top 10 of 2009

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I enjoyed this so much last year, I decided to do a consolidated top 10 list again this year for the things the world that struck me as being the best of the year.
1) Will! He had the top spot last year and he does this year too (and wouldn’t it be wrong if he [...]

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TV Dance-a-poolza, Week 13 (The End)

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What a performance finale for So You Think You Can Dance Nine dances were performed as each of the dancers performed three times, meaning everyone danced with everyone else. I thought seven of those nine dances were fantastic, one of the nine was a clunker and another one was simply superb.
Here’s a run down of [...]

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TV Dance-a-poolza, Week 12

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Incredible! As good as the top 10 show was last week, So You Think You Can Dance topped itself as the top 8 performed. This week they all had to do three dances again–two couples dances and one solo.
Injuries abound this week too. Over the weekend Napoleon and Tabitha broke the news on their Twitter [...]

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TV Dance-a-poolza, Week 11

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As hard as it was to to loose two people going into the Top 10 last week, it was more difficult to watch two more leave the competition this week because, with the exception of one performance, So You Think You Can Dance hit it out of the park this week.
The dancers were put through [...]

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TV Dance-a-poolza, Week 10

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Major milestones on both dance shows this week. For Dancing with the Stars it’s the end of season 9 as the top three do everything they can for the mirror ball trophy is awarded. On So You Think You Can Dance this week reveals the top 10 dancers.
DWTS, Season 9 Week 10, The Finals: The [...]

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